Melonis affinis
creator: Hayward, Bruce W.
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418046 on 2026-08-29
created: 2009-10-06T14:38:14Z
modified: 2010-03-26T08:29:44Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)
class: Globothalamea
family: Melonidae
genus: Melonis
kingdom: Chromista
name published in: Matsunaga, T. (1963). Benthonic smaller foraminifera from the oil fields of northern Japan. Tohoku University Scientific Reports, 2nd Series (Geology). 35:65-122, pls. 24-52.
name published in: Reuss, A. E. (1851). Ueber die fossilen Foraminiferen und Entomostraceen der Septarienthone der Umgegend von Berlin. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 3(1): 49-92.
name published in: Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. The Ray Society, London. 1-107.
name published in ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10097/28773
name published in year: 1963
name published in year: 1851
name published in year: 1858
order: Rotaliida
parent name usage ID: 112230
phylum: Foraminifera
scientific name authorship: (Reuss, 1851)
specific epithet: affinis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted